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Cecile Baeteman

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Education

  • Ph.D.: 1981, Vrije Universiteit Brussel: The Holocene Development of the Western Coastal plain of Belgium.
  • M.Sc.: 1977, Quaternary Geology, IFAQ, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
  • B.Sc.: 1972, Physical Geography, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Career

  • 1.7.1972 - 30.9.1985 : Quaternary geologist at the Belgian Geological Survey
  • 1.10.1985 - 31.8.1986 : Geologist at the Department of Natural Resources
  • 1.9.1986 – 31.12.2001 : Quaternary geologist at the Belgian Geological Survey
  • 1.1.2002 - : Senior Geologist at the Belgian Geological Survey

Research Fields

  • Quaternary Geology of the Belgian Coastal Plain: mapping, subsoil geology, geochronology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, palaeogeographical reconstructions, engineering geology, geo-archaeology.
  • Sea-level changes in the last 10,000 years
  • Quaternary geology of estuaries and deltas (subsoil geology, geological mapping, subsidence)
  • Quaternary geology of the Belgian continental shelf
  • Sedimentology of tidal deposits
  • Geo-archaeology in fluvial and coastal plains

Reaserch Projects

  • The contrasting Holocene sediment succession along the western and eastern part of the Belgian coast: causes and consequences.
    Over 50 borings along the Belgian coastline have been described and interpreted. They show a contrasting sediment succession between the western and eastern part. The absence of the typical coastal barrier deposits in the east indicates sever coastal erosion and a significant landward shift of the coastline in this part. Shoreface and beach deposits are occurring on land. The 14C dates of the open marine shells in the shoreface deposits indicate that the coastal change must have happened around 2000 cal BP.
  • MOCHA, Mud Origin, Characterisation and Human Activities.
    Origin and process of deposition of the late-Holocene clay in the coastal area and the relation between sea mud and the changes in coastal configuration during the past 2000 years.
  • High-resolution dating of late Holocene tidal-channel deposits in the Belgian coastal plain using optical dating techniques.
    The dating of the sand of the tidal channels which developed when the tidal system re-entered the coastal plain after a period of 2 to 3 ka years of peat growth will confine the period of profound coastal change. In collaboration with Dr. Barbara Mauz, Liverpool University (UK), Synthesys Project.
  • Reconstruction of the coastal landscape in the period of Roman occupation.
    Geological investigation for the support of archaeological surveys revealed the impact of human activities on the evolution of the coastal plain.
  • The geological evolution of the Belgian continental shelf during the Quaternary.
    The compilation of new and existing borehole data and seismic lines reveals the Quaternary stratigraphy and depositional history of the continental shelf together with the processes that shaped the configuration of the Southern North Sea and its coastlines (PhD M. Mathys, in progress).
  • IUAP Project: Greater Mesopotamia: reconstruction of its history and environemnt (www.naturalsciences.be/geology - Scientific research, Geoarchaeology and Sedimentology)
    Holocene palaeogeographies of the Lower Khuzestan plain (SW Iran, Persian Gulf) and the Tigris-Euphrates floodplain (Lower Mesopotamia, Iraq) and their geoarchaeological implications.
    Study of the interaction of rivers, sea-level changes and human activities on the plain of the Persian Gulf during the Holocene.

Scientific Dinstinction

Laureate of the Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences, 1992 for the study: "Relations between the characteristics of deposits at major river mouths and their hydrogeological and geotechnical properties conditioning natural and man-induced land subsidence" (in co-operation with ir. A. Dassargues).

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Survey Activity

WORK CONDUCTED ON AN INTERNATIONAL SCALE

  • Iraq: palaeogeography of archaeological site Tell ed Der (SE of Bagdad).
    In collaboration with University of Gent and Iraqi Archaeological Museum. 1973, 1975 and 1977.
  • France: geological mapping in the Calais - Dunkerque area.
    In collaboration with the University of Lille and VrijeUniversiteit Amsterdam. 1974.
  • Sweden: sea-level research programme on the island of Oland.
    In collaboration with the University of Uppsala. 1977.
  • Greece: palaeogeography and shoreline changes in the Marathon Plain.
    In collaboration with the University of Athens and Geological Survey of Greece. 1978.
  • China: investigations on Quaternary geology, hydrogeology and engineering geology in the framework of the landsubsidence otShanghai and Changzhou.
    In collaboration with the Hydrogeological Bureau of Shanghai and Nanjing (Ministry of Geology) and Laboratoire de Geologic de l'Ingénieur, d'Hydrogeologie et Prospection geophysique de 1'Université de Liège. 1985, 1986, 1987.
  • Indonesie: geological mapping of the coastal plains in N. Central Java.
    In collaboration with the Geological Research Development Centre, Bandung. 1998.
  • France: geological mapping of the sheet Dunkerque-Hondschoote.
    In collaboration with the Universe de Lille and B.R.G.M. 1988, 1989.
  • EEC project: Southern North Sea Project (19894991) with the geological Surveys of The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark and Belgium.
  • The Netherlands and United Kingdom: Quaternary Geological mapping of the Ostend Sheet (continental shelf).
    In collaboration with the Geological Surveys. 1990, 1991 and 1992.
  • Spain: palaeogeography of archaeological site on Isia de Salt's (Huelva, S. Spain).
    In collaboration with the Casa de Velasquez. 1991.
  • Portugal: geological mapping and sea-level research in the Ria Formosa Lagoon, Faro. In collaboration with the Universidade do Algarve. 1994.
  • Spain: sea-level research in the Marismas Donana.
    In collaboration with Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, 1994.
  • Iran: palaeogeographical reconstruction of the fluvial and coastal environments during the mid and late Holocene and integration of archaeological data in Mesopotamia.
    In collaboration with the Archaeological Institute of Iran, 2004-2006.
  • EG: EU MAST III Programme: European marine Sediment Information network. November 1999-2001.
  • EG: EUROSEISMIC – European network European Geological Surveys. 2002-2004.
  • England: Sea-level history and palaeogeography of Romney Marsh (Kent) in collaboration with the universities of Durham, London and Liverpool, 2004.
  • Syrië: IUAP Project. Palaeogeographical reconstruction of the Holocene fluvial and coastal environments of the archaeological site of Jebleh. May-June 2008.
  • Crete: IUAP Project. Palaeogeographical reconstruction of the Holocene fluvial and coastal environments of the archaeological sites of Sissi and Zakros. July 2008.

Active participation in Training Courses (Geological Surveys and Universities) and Workshops in: Athens, Beijing, Chiangmai, Bangkok, Hanoi, Manila, Bandung.

Positions of Responsability - Membership

NATIONAL

  • National Subcommission for the study of the Quaternary
    • 1995 - 1999: Secretary
    • BELQUA: 2006- : Vice President
  • Geomorfologisch Onderzoelksmethoden (NFWO Contact Group)
  • Geologica Belgica (BelgischeVereniging voor Geologie)

INTERNATIONAL

  • International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP):
    • IGCP project n° 200: Sea-level correlations and applications
      1983 - 1987: national representative
    • IGCP project n° 274: Coastal evolution in the Quaternary
      1987 -1993: national representative
    • IGCP project n° 367: Late Quaterary coastal records of rapid change
      1994 - 1998: Member of the Executive Board
      Regional European representative
      National representative
    • IGCP project n°437: Coastal Environmental Change during Sea-level Highstands: a Global Synthesis with implications for management of future Coastal Change.
      1999 – 2003: national representative
    • IGCP project n° 495: Quaternary Land-Ocean Interactions: Driving Mechanisms and Coastal Responses.
      2004 – 2008: national representative
  • International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA): Subcommission on Shorelines of Western Europe
    • 1987 -1991: Secretary
    • 1991-1995: Vice President
  • INQUA Commission on Coastal and Marine Processes: Secretary 2003-2007
  • INQUA Commission on Coastal and Marine Processes: President 2007-2011
  • INQUA EuroSiberian Subcommission for the Study of the Holocene
  • International Working Group on Urban Geology
  • The Coastal Education and Research Foundation (CERF)
    • since 1990: Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Coastal Research
  • Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
  • International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS)

NATIONAL WORKING GROUPS - COMMISSIONS

  • KCML, Koninklijke Commissie voor Monumenten en Landschappen, Afdeling Landschappen
  • BeNCoRe, Belgian Network on Coastal Research
  • ENCORA, European platform for sharing knowledge and experience in coastal science, policy and practice
  • Werkgroep van de Commissie voor Milieueffectrapportage: Ontwikkeling van een intergetijdengebied in de Hedwige- en Prosperpolder, België en Nederland.
    Werkgroep van de Commissie voor Milieueffectrapportage: Internationaal milieueffectrapport over structurele maatregelen voor het duurzaam behoud en de uitbreiding van het Zwin als natuurlijk intergetijdengebied.
    AMINAL Afdeling Natuur – Cel Kustzonebeheer: Integrale gebiedsvisie voor het Natuurreservaat de Zwinduinen en –polders. Adviescommissie
    AMINAL Afdeling Natuur – Cel Kustzonebeheer: Natuurontwikkeling Hemmepolder. Adviescommissie AMINAL Afdeling Natuur – Cel Kustzonebeheer: Vlaamse Natuurreservaten “De Baai van Heist” en “De Kleiputten van Heist”. Adviescommissie Departement Leefmilieu en Infrastructuur, Afdeling Algemeen Milieu- en Natuurbeleid, Cel MER: Actualisering van de richtlijnenboeken inzake milieueffectrapportage. Adviescommissie
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Scientific Publications (for the last 5 years)

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PAPERS IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS WITH INTERNATIONAL REFEREE

  • HEYVAERT, V.M.A., BAETEMAN, C., 2007. Holocene sedimentary evolution and palaeocoastlines of the Lower Khuzestan plain (southwest Iran). Marine Geology 242, 83-108.
  • BAETEMAN, C., 2008. Radiocarbon dated sediment sequences from the Belgian coastal plain: testing the hypothesis of fluctuating or smooth late Holocene relative sea-level rise. The Holocene 18, 8: 1219-1228.
  • HEYVAERT, V.M.A. & BAETEMAN, C., 2008. A Middle to Late Holocene avulsion history of the Euphrates river: A case study from Tell-ed Der, Iraq, Lower Mesopotamia. Quaternary Science Reviews 27: 2401-2410.
  • FETTWEIS, M., HOUZIAUX, J.-S., DU FOUR, I., VAN LANCKER, V., BAETEMAN, C., MATHYS, M., VAN DEN EYNDE, D., FRANCKEN, F. & WARTEL, S., 2009. Long-term influence of maritime access works on the distribution of cohesive sediments: analysis of historical and recent data from the Belgian nearshore area (southern North Sea). Geo-Marine Letters 29, 321-330. doi:10.1007/s00367-009-0161-7.
  • JUSSERET, S., BAETEMAN, C., DASSARGUES, A., 2010. The stratigraphic architecture of the Quaternary deposits as support for hydrogeological modelling of the central area of Hanoi (Vietnam). Geologica Belgica 13/1-2, 77-90.
  • MAUZ, B., BAETEMAN, C., BUNGENSTOCK, F. & PLATER, A.J., 2010. Optical dating of tidal sediments: Potentials and limits inferred from the North Sea coast. Quaternary Geochronology 5, 657-666.
  • BAETEMAN, C., WALLER, M., KIDEN, P., 2011. Reconstructing middle to late Holocene sea-level change: A methodological review with particular reference to 'A new Holocene sea-level curve for the southern North Sea' as presented by K.-E. Behre. Boreas, DOI 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2011.00207.x. Available on line 04/05/2011.

PUBLICATIONS IN BOOKS / SPECIAL ISSUES

  • PIETERS M., SCHIETECATTE L., ZEEBROEK I., BAETEMAN C., BASTIAENS J.,DEFORCE K., JANSEN I., MEYLEMANS E. & J. VAN LAECKE, 2006. 3.2. The Belgian Polders, Flanders: a test case 2002-2006, in: DYSON L., HEPPELL E., JOHNSON C & PIETERS M. (Eds), Archaeological Evaluation of Wetlands in the Planarch Area of North West Europe, Maidstone, 39-54.
  • BAETEMAN, C., 2006. De laat Holocene evolutie van de Belgische kustvlakte: Sedimentatieprocessen versus zeespiegelschommelingen en Duinkerke transgressies. In: de Kraker, A.M.J., Borger, G.J. (eds), Veen-Vis-Zout. Landschappelijke dynamiek in de zuidwestelijke delta van de Lage Landen. Geoarcheologische en Bioarcheologische Studies 8, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1-18.
  • BAETEMAN, C., Roman peat-extraction pits as possible evidence for the timing of coastal changes: An example from the Belgian coastal plain. Liber amicorum Prof. Dr. Guus Borger, Uitgeverij Aksant, Amsterdam (in press).
  • BAETEMAN, C., 2007. Roman peat-extraction pits as possible evidence for the timing of coastal changes. In: Beenakker, J.J.J.M., Horsten, F.H., De Kraker, A.M.J., Renes, H. (Red.), Landschap in ruimte en tijd. Aksant, Amsterdam, 16-25.
  • BAETEMAN, C., 2008. De Lage Landen aan Zee in het Eerste Millennium – De Geologische Aspecten. In: A. Maas, J. Jochems (red.), Zee, Wind en Land – Kustvorming in de lage landen, Uitgeverij Papieren Tijger, Breda, 17-31. (ISBN 978 90 6728 219 2).

PAPERS IN JOURNALS WITHOUT REFEREE/FOR GREAT PUBLIC

  • BAETEMAN, C., 2007. Ontstaansgeschiedenis van onze kustvlakte. De Grote Rede 18, 2-10.
  • FETTWEIS, M., DU FOUR, I., ZEELMAEKERS, E., BAETEMAN, C., FRANKEN, F., HOUZIAUX, J.-S., MATHYS, M., NECHAD, B., PISON, V., VANDENBERGHE, N., VAN DEN EYNDE, D., VAN LANCKER, V., WARTEL, S. 2007. Mud Origin, Characterisation and Human Activities (MOCHA). Final Scientific Report. Belgian Science Policy Office. 59pp.
  • BAETEMAN, C., 2008. De Holocene geologie van de Belgische Kustvlakte. Geological Survey of Belgium, Professional Paper 2008/2 - N. 304: 36p. (ISSN 0378-0902).

PAPERS IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS WITHOUT REFEREE – EXCURSION GUIDES

  • BAETEMAN, C. – 2007. Ontstaansgeschiedenis van onze kustvlakte. De Grote Rede, VLIZ, Oostende (in press).
  • BAETEMAN, C., 2008. De Holocene Geologie van de Belgische Kustvlakte. In: Excursiegids Dynamiek van de Belgische en Noord-Franse Kust, K.U.Leuven Permanente Vorming, Vliebergh-Senciecentrum, Nascholing Geografie.

ABSTRACTS

  • Roe, H., Baeteman, C., 2006. Pleistocene coastal evolution and sea-level change of the lowlands of western Belgium: The record from the Woumen borehole, near Diksmuide. 2nd Belgian Geological Congress, 7-8 September 2006, Liège.
  • Mathys, M., Baeteman, C., De Batist, M., 2006. The Quaternary geological evolution of the Belgian Continental Shelf: A sneak preview. 2nd Belgian Geological Congress, 7-8 September 2006, Liège.
  • Heyvaert, V., Ooghe, B., Weerts, H., Baeteman, C., 2006. The impact of channel shifting of the river Karkheh on the late Holocene evolution of the northern part of the Lower Khuzestan plain (Persian Gulf, SW Iran): integrating geological and historical data. Abstracts IGCP 495 UK Working Group Conference and Fieldtrip, Wye College, Ashford, Kent, UK, 9 juli 2006.
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A., Baeteman, C., 2006. The Holocene sedimentary record of the Lower Khuzestan plain (SW Iran): A Footprint of Palaeogeographical Changes. Program and Abstracts. Broadening Horizons, Multidisciplinary approaches to the study of past landscapes, Gent, Belgium, 27-28 February 2006.
  • Baeteman, C., 2006. Sediment variations supported by radiocarbon dates as fingerprints for processes of coastal changes in the late Holocene deposits of a tide-dominated coastal lowland. Book of Abstracts Third International IGCP 495 meeting, Quaternary Land-Ocean Interaction: Natural and Human Forcings on Coastal Evolution, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 17-22 September 2006.
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A., Baeteman, C., Weerts, H., Dawson, S., Sharma, C., Gehrels, R., 2006. The development of the mesopotamian marshes: a product of the progradation of the Karun mega fan under decelerating sea-level rise. Book of Abstracts Third International IGCP 495 meeting, Quaternary Land-Ocean Interaction: Natural and Human Forcings on Coastal Evolution, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 17-22 September 2006.
  • Baeteman, C., 2007. The interpretation of the Holocene coastal stratigraphic sequence in function of causal processes – Evidence from the Belgian tide-dominated coastal plain. Quaternary International, XVII INQUA Congress 2007.
  • BAETEMAN, C., 2008. Sediment variations supported by radiocarbon dates as fingerprints for processes of coastal changes in the late Holocene deposits of a tide-dominated coastal lowland. BELQUA 2008 Annual Scientific Workshop, Brussels, 19 March 2008.
  • MATHYS, M., BAETEMAN, C. & DE BATSIST, M., 2008. From the Pleistocene incision of a palaeovalley until the Holocene formation of sandbanks: the Quaternary evolution of a shelf with low accommodation potential (Belgian Continental Shelf, southern North sea). BELQUA 2008 Annual Scientific Workshop, Brussels, 19 March 2008.
  • BAETEMAN, C., 2008. Late Holocene coastal erosion determined by the inheritance of the geological setting. An example from Belgium. Holocene land-ocean interactions: driving mechanisms and coastal responses. INQUA-IGCP 495 International Conference and Field Trip, Belfast, N. Ireland, June 22-25, 2008.
  • BAETEMAN, C., DECLERCQ, P-Y., 2008. Profieltypenkartering van Holocene afzettingen in de kustvlakte. Studiedag Toegepaste geologische kartering in Vlaanderen en op het continentaal plat: nieuwe toepassingen en digitale technieken. VITO, 12 juni 2008, 5p.
  • VERFAILLIE, E., DU FOUR, I., MATHYS, M., BAETEMAN, C., DE BATIST, M., HENRIET, J-P., & VAN LANCKER, V., 2008. Onder water met mariene wetenschappers: hoe karteren we het Belgisch continentaal plat? Studiedag Toegepaste geologische kartering in Vlaanderen en op het continentaal plat: nieuwe toepassingen en digitale technieken. VITO, 12 juni 2008, 5p.
  • BAETEMAN, C., 2008. Late Holocene coastal evolution in relation to the geological development of the Belgian coastal area. Fith IGCP 495 Meeting, Faro, Portugal, October 27 – November 1, 2008.
  • HEYVAERT, V.M.A., BAETEMAN, C., DAWSON S., GEHRELS R. & WEERTS, H.J.T., 2008. The impact of channel shifting, sea-level change and human action on the Holocene coastal evolution of the Lower Khuzestan plain, Iran, Persian Gulf. Belqua Workshop 2008, Brussel.
  • HEYVAERT, V.M.A., WALSTRA, J. & BAETEMAN, C., 2008. Late Holocene coastal-Fluvial Changes in the Jebleh plain (Syria) - New geological evidence for the archaeological story of Ancient Giballa. Fifth IGCP495 International Conference, 27th October-1st November, Faro, Portugal.
  • HEYVAERT, V.M.A. & BAETEMAN, C., 2008. Middle to late Holocene avulsion history of the Euphrates river: a case study from Tell ed-Der and Sippar, Iraq, Mesopotamia. Geoarchaeology2008, an International Conference, Porto Heli, Greece.
  • HEYVAERT, V.M.A., BAETEMAN, C. & WEERTS, H.J.T., 2008. Geological and historical data integration: Towards a reconstruction of river channel shifting and coastal evolution in Lower Mesopotamia, SW-Iran, Persian Gulf. Geoarchaeology2008, an International Conference, Porto Heli, Greece.
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